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Letterman lawyers seek to quash court order
By wire services
Published December 22, 2005
Lawyers for David Letterman want a judge to quash a restraining order granted to a Santa Fe woman who contends the CBS late-night host used code words to say he wanted to marry her and train her as his co-host.
A state judge granted a temporary restraining order to Colleen Nestler, who alleged in a request filed Dec. 15 that Letterman has forced her to go bankrupt and caused her "mental cruelty" and "sleep deprivation" since May 1994.
Nestler requested that Letterman, who tapes his show in New York, stay at least 3 yards away and not "think of me, and release me from his mental harassment and hammering."
Lawyers for Letterman contend the order is without merit.
A six-page letter Nestler wrote to the court said Letterman used code words, gestures and "eye expressions" to convey his desires for her.
She wrote that she began sending Letterman "thoughts of love" after his Late Show began in 1993 and that he responded in code words and gestures, asking her to come East.
Violinist, father and son burned in house fire
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. - A former violinist for the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra was burned on his hands in a house fire that also critically injured his son and his father and destroyed a priceless violin, officials said.
Violinist David Ewart, 48, was listed in critical condition at the Grossman Burn Center in Sherman Oaks with second- and third-degree burns on his face, hands, chest and back.
Ewart has performed on more than 800 recordings by artists including Neil Diamond, Ricky Martin and Elvis Costello. The fire gutted the family home early Tuesday, with damage estimated at $1.5-million. The cause is not known.
It also destroyed one of Ewart's prized possessions, a violin dating from the 1770s.
Ewart's father, Hugh Ewart, concertmaster emeritus of the Portland Symphony, suffered facial burns and a broken nose. Ewart's 15-year-old son, Michael, had second- and third-degree burns.
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